Bag-holder



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J. M. BRADSHAW & W. E. MEEK.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 399,373. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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J. M. BRADSHAW 8v W. E. MEEK.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 399,373. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

fi ht macaw STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MONROE BRADSHA\V AND \VILLIAM EDGAR MEEK, OF EASTONX'ILLE,COLORADO.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,373, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed August 16, 1888. Serial No. 282,895. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

extended beyond the plate and provided with i a handle for itsconvenient operation. This SHAW and WILLIAM EDGAR MEEK, citizens jleverisprovided with two upwardly-extended of the United States,residing at Eastonville, arms, 1', that are arranged to move through a 5in the county of El Paso and State of Cologuide, '11, at the upper endof the plate H, and rado, have invented new and usefullmprovethe upperends of these arms are projected ments in Sack-Holders, of which thefollow above the upper edge of the plate H, and are ing is aspecification. pointed to enter the bag that is to be sus- Our inventionrelates to improvements in pended therefrom. The free end of the piv- Beit lznown that we, JAMES MONROE BRAD- IO sack-holders; and it. consistsin certain novel l oted lever I is arranged to move within a featureshereinafter described and claimed. guide, 5 secured on the plate 11,near one In the accompanying drawin which fully edge thereof, and thelever is normally pressed illustrate ourinvention, Figure l is aperspecl upward, so that the pointed ends of its arms tive view of aseparator provided with our 1 are projected above the plate H by meansof 15 improved bag-holding device. Fig. 2 is a dea spring, J, that isconnected at one end to tailperspective view of thebag-holder, lookingthe lever and at its other end to the plate H. at the opposite side tothat seen in Fig. 1. K designates a yielding standard, prefera- Fig. 3is an elevation showing a slightly'modibly formed of spring metal,secured atits lied arrangement, and Fig. l is a similar view lower endto the base at a short distance from 20 showing a simplified form of thedevice. '1 the lever, and this standard has'an angular Referring to thedrawings by letter, A deshead, In. This angular head is made separateignates a separator having the frame-work B, i from the standard, whichis slot-ted at its up provided with the usual runners, D, and upl perend. A bolt, 7c, passes through the slot rights C. in the standard andan opening in the angu- E designates the shaking-shoe suspended larhead, and the threaded end of the bolt rewithin the frame-work B, andhaving an upceives a nut, whereby the head can be readper screendischarging at the end of the f ily detached and adjusted vertically tothe frame-work and an under screen discharging same plane as the plateH, for supporting bags at a point within, the framework. \Ve prol ofdifferent lengths in a vertical position.

0 vide a bag-holder at the end ofthc franie- L designates afunnel-shaped conducting work to receive the commodities dischargedplate or spout that is hinged at one edge to from the upper screen, andalso another within the upper end of the plate ll, and is adapted theframe-work to receive the commodities to fold upwardly to permit a bagto be susdischarged from the under screen. pended or removed from thearms 6 and stand- F designates a swinging base or platform, ard K, saidplate or spout being arranged which is pivoted at or near one end to oneof over the mouth of the bag to conduct the conthe transverse bars ofthe main frame, as at tents of the under screen of the shoe into said f,and on this base or platform are secured bag. standards G, connected attheir lower ends by To secure a bag to the arms i and standard 40 a bow,g, which is bolted to the platform. k, the pivoted base or platform isswung out- The upper ends of these standards are slotted ward, so thatthe inner end thereof is outside longitudinally, as at g, and on thesestandof the frame, after which the hinged or pivards is adjustablysecured a plate, H, by oted spout or plate L isturned to averticalpomeans of bolts and nuts to adapt the device sition and the bagconnected to the arms 2' and 45 to supports bags of ditferentlengths,the bolts the angula-rhead of the yieldingstandard. The 5 passingthrough the plate and the slots in the v pivoted base is then swunbeneath. the shoe, standards, and the nuts bearing against the so thatthe spout L is beneath the dischargestandards or plate, as is obvious.opening in the lower screen to properly con I designates a lever that ispivoted at one 1 duetthe commodity discharged therefrom into 50 end tothe plate H and has its opposite end the bag. 10o

To detach the bag from the spring-Stan dard and the arms of the pivotedlever, the latter is depressed to draw the points of said arms away fromand out of contact with the edges of the mouth of the bag and againstthe tension of the spring of the lever .I, which, upon being released,automatically returns to its normal position.

\Vhen the prongs of the arms are released from a bag, the yieldingstandard sprin gs outwardly and supports the bag in an upright positionuntil the bag is removed from said standard for the purpose of tying upits month.

In Fig. 3 we have shown a somewhat modified arrangement especiallyadapted for use at the end of the separator. In this arrangement theuprights O are provided with vertical longitudinal slots, and a frame,M, is adjustably secured between the same by means of bolts insertedthrough said frame and the slots in the uprights and nuts mounted onsaid bolts and adapted to bear against the uprights, as will be readilyunderstood. This frame M comprises a horizontal cross-bar, on, and thevertical depending arms on on at the ends of same, and the securingbolts are inserted through said arms. An inclined discharge-board, N, isbolted to the cross-bar, as shown, in position to direct the commoditydischarged from the upper screen into the bag. One end of a lever, O, ispivoted to a lug, P, formed on the vertical arm on, while the free endof the lever plays within a keeper, p, and is held normally elevated bya spring, p, having one end secured to the arm m and its other endbearing against the under edge of the lever. This lever carries thevertical pointed arms R,which project upward through suitable openingsin the discharge-board in position to engage the edge of the bag.

Q is a yielding standard provided with an angular'head, q, and similarin all respects to the standard K, and secured to a platfornnqt, securedupon the extended ends of the run- 11ers, as shown.

In Fig. 4 we have shown a slight modification of our device. In thisform of our device the adjustable frame is dispensed with and thedischarge-board is secured to and between the uprights. The lever andthe guide therefor are also secured to the uprights, and instead of thespring shown in the other figures we provide a standard, S, having areduced bifurcated upper end in which the lever plays, and a spring, T,is coiled around this reduced end and bears against the lever and theshoulder of the standard.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. A bag-holdercomprising a yielding standard having a longitudinal slot at its upperend, an angular head, a bolt passed through the head and the slot in thestandard to adjust-ablysccure the head to the standard, and a leversupported at a slight distance from the said standard and carryingbag-retainin prongs, as set forth.

2. A bag-holder comprising a support, a yielding standard arranged aslight distance from said support, a lever mounted on said support, andbag-retaining prongs carried by said lever, as set forth.

3. A bag-holder comprising a yielding standard, a vertical]y-adjustablesupport arranged a slight distance from the yielding standard, a levermounted on said support, bag-retaining prongs carried by said lever, anda spring having one end secured to said support and its other endbearing against the under side of the lever, as set forth.

4. The combination of the horizontallyswinging base, the standardserected thereon, the plate II, adjustably secured to said standards, thelever pivoted to said plate, and the bag-retaining prongs carried bysaid lever, as set forth.

5. The combination of the standards G G, the plate H, secured to saidstandards and adjustable vertically thereon, the guides 2' i on saidplate, the lever pivoted on the plate and projecting through the guide2' and the bag-retaining prongs carried by the lever and extendingthrough the guide 1", as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MONROE BRADSHAW. IVILLIAM EDGAR MEEK. Vitnesses:

WALTER WHITMORE, A. B. VHITMORE.

